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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 11:26 AM) So you saw that this weekend, too? lol No, I don't know what you are referring to...but I Tivo his show sometimes and I watch it if I catch it on and have been for many years. I have an interest in Mexican and Latin American culture and history so his interest in Mexico has always appealed to me. I went to Frontera and Xoco last year when I was in Chicago and was very impressed.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 09:27 AM) The year Rodgers busted out and was having a great season, he kept saying he'd still take Sanchez because at that point, Mark had a playoff win while Aaron had not. That was his reasoning. The guy's a moron. Well, you are entitled to your opinion, for certain.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 09:16 AM) He said he'd take Sanchez over Rodgers well into their pro careers, BTW. The guy's a moron. Well into their pro careers? When did he say this?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 07:11 PM) Barry Bonds was one if the games best hitters before he began doping(well, obvious doping). It turned him into an unstoppable force. Other players became merely better Yes, and this is consistent with what happens with other elite athletes as they practice and train. They show incredible gains quickly, whereas others just show moderate gains (if any at all)...this is part of why they become elite and others do not.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 08:31 AM) I don't want to come off as a Sanchez defender, but it seems like his offensive weapons have been taken away one by one and replaced with far inferior players. He went from a WR core of Braylon Edwards, Santonio Holmes, Brad Smith with Dustin Keller as a TE to a bunch of crap now. I agree....I think he could have been an average QB in the league, but Cowherd (amongst some others) thought he'd be a star.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 07:16 AM) How is Skip Bayless such a gigantic moron but his brother Rick seems like a really nice, normal guy? Yeah, his brother is not only a nice, normal guy, but he is like the polar opposite of Rick...quiet, soft spoken, people like him...and man, can he make a good mole sauce!

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 04:43 PM) To those who say Cowherd is intelligent, he said a few years ago that he'd take Mark Sanchez over Aaron Rodgers all day...and this is an NFL expert, lol Yeah, Cowherd was all about Sanchez leading up to the draft. He was wowed by Sanchez having the "it" factor. Everyone misses on quarterbacks...the Jets obviously did, and I am sure many other teams would have taken him early.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 05:50 PM) Another good point is that if MLB hadn't cracked down and te chemists kept getting better, you probably would have seen someone play better. If only a few dozen or a few hundred people were on the heaviest stuff, how good of a reaction could we have found if everyone was using? And if scientists figured out things like how to tailor regimens to certain bodies, which requires study to do right? I'd be curious to know how much benefit they experienced from improvements to their eyesight...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 12:39 PM) FWIW Kyle, I agree with you, and, no matter how many steroids he smoked, I will always remember watching Bonds from 01-04 and thinking "I am never going to see anybody play this well again, even if he is on steroids" It's really worth relatively little, since no one gives a s*** about your silly opinion. In all seriousness, however, I think their accomplishments are still incredibly impressive, although the fact that the home run record was eclipsed 6 times by 3 different hitters all within a 4 year span after being relatively unchallenged for the 35 years prior to the late '90's shows just how big of an effect PEDs (especially those PEDs) had on the game. This isn't to say that these particular hitters weren't incredibly talented (we knew this before the late '90's to begin with), but relative to their peers throughout the course of baseball history, I think it is obvious how their PED use affected their performance.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 09:06 AM) Colin Cowherd is easily the most annoying ESPN talking head and that's saying something. He is, but at least he is willing to take some interesting positions on things. He doesn't just take the obvious position and repeat what everyone else has been saying all day or all week. He's pretty intelligent, but he's also quite egotistical, which gets the better of him sometimes. Edit: I think VP and Russillo are solid, and I like Stink as well. But Cowherd is certainly the most willing to tackle things that others don't.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 08:16 AM) No way. Andy Reid loves throwing the ball. Over the past nine seasons, Andy Reid offenses have been top-10 in the NFL in passing yards eight times. I have Wilson on one of my teams as well. No use trading super low on him. I don't think it was panic getting rid of Bowe, just what it would take in the trade. If you can get 10+ games out of Gronk, the trade will be fine for you. You have 2 guys that could be stars on any given week, and gave up one solid/star player and one player who will be injured in 2 weeks. Or bad. It isn't as if KC has been some elite passing team the last few years with Cassel, and Bowe still was a pretty solid fantasy receiver. I wouldn't expect that to change.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 08:07 AM) So long as it works and works well, I don't care. Me neither...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 07:22 AM) I'm pretty sure the lions share of his numbers were put up in the second half when the Sox were out of it. Yeah, he went on a crazy run in the second half.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 07:28 AM) I just can't get into Android, it's just not for me. I hate dealing with my brother and his wife's Galaxy S3's whenever they need help with something. Also, I have too much Apple stuff to bother with Android for the foreseeable future...everything I have works seamlessly together without extra configuration, gimmicks, or 3rd party software to do so. And this is their master plan...

Looks like Josh Fields was among those taking some cash at Ok St

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 02:59 PM) People are upset with the results of Sox drafting. Nobody gives one damn about the process. The results are directly correlated to the process, don't you think?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 02:52 PM) I have Newton against Buffalo or Luck against the Dolphins. Kind of torn on what to do. I'd play Newton.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 02:46 PM) I'm still not so sure Cutler and/or Dalton won't be good options....In case I'm wrong though I have room to pick up Pryor. Further more Rivers is also available so now the question is who do I put at higher priority, Rivers or Pryor? Rivers

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 02:13 PM) At some point, too, your job becomes on the line. Outside of Brian Cashman, GMs have fairly short shelf lives. Seems like you get a free pass to "clean up" the previous GMs regime for a couple years, but once you're into win-now mode once, it seems like you have to keep winning to keep your job. Very few guys get to rebuild twice. I think most owners these days realize that if you're going to try and build sustained success, it truly does need to be a process. The key is knowing when to be patient and when to cut bait and switch directions.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 02:05 PM) You say this as if you're Coughlin, LOL. If you could hand him the ball and give him another chance, yeah, I'd play him. As of now, we have no idea if he'll play at all or how much. I'd hope for some clarity before Sunday, and wouldn't be making this decision until Sunday morning (obviously Edelman plays regardless). At the moment, I couldn't imagine starting him on any team. Hah, I meant I will give him another chance in my lineup. They'd be ridiculous to give up on that talent so quickly, and I have to believe they've got plenty of folks over there that realize this.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 01:50 PM) I think Williams is going to be the safer play there (playing the Bills who, while improved on D, are still the Bills on D). Wallace is going up against a tough Indy D, but he may be motivated to play. Yeah, I know Wallace came out and made a stink about only making one catch last week, so I wouldn't be shocked if Tannehill targets him a bit more next week.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 01:33 PM) While Williams (and his team) had a great eye for picking out diamonds in the rough and frankly building a team that should compete, I don't feel as though he had a great grasp of the entire process. It just seems that, from top to bottom, Hahn understands how a team should be built and he's going about it the right way at this point and what he lacks in baseball acumen he's replacing with scouts that know what good ball players look like. I guess we will find out, but I think Williams worked closely with Hahn and so he had to know his thoughts on the matter and I would be shocked if he didn't weigh them fairly heavily. At the same time, I think Kenny realized the position the org was in between 2003-forward and that a postseason spot really was for the taking many of those years. He went and made some trades and ended up with a WS winner in '05 which, I am sure in his mind, validated his process. Even when Detroit resurrected their ballclub he still managed to put together teams that could compete with them, even as recently as last season. The temptation to grab that postseason spot, rather than refocus on "development" was too great for him to resist. Now though, with Detroit, Cleveland, KC, and eventually Minnesota showing a lot more organizational strength moving forward, I think that temptation has subsided enough to where it is much easier to refocus our efforts on putting together a new core, where a focus on developing young players obviously plays a much larger role.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 01:21 PM) I'm almost positive I'm top 2, but haven't had a chance to check, and I really should be #1 considering I had the #12 pick in the draft and didn't pick anybody up before the season, but we reset the waiver wire every week which, whatever. Oh, and the guy ahead of me never seems to care until half way through the season, he's a huge Broncos fan, and makes moves a lot of times based on that. I've got to fill 3 spots from 4 potential options: 1 RB spot, 1 WR spot, and 1 flex spot...the options are David Wilson, DeAngelo Williams, Julian Edelman and Mike Wallace. I am thinking I will give Wilson another chance here, and so then the options become Williams, Wallace and Edelman for the remaining 2 spots. With Amendola potentially out, I am guessing I will play Edelman for sure, so then that leaves me with Williams or Wallace in the flex spot?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 01:14 PM) Sudfeld had 0 receptions on Sunday. Yes, Edelman is a great choice for Sunday, and, assuming I am able to get one of him or Thomas, I am going to play either him or Thomas. If I can get Edelman, I am also going to have Nelson, Garcon, Boldin, and Gordon Where are you in the waiver order? I was pretty surprised Edelman was not expected to be much of a contributor in NE's offense this year, considering their TE issues and the departure of just about everyone else that has been there in the last few seasons.

Hahn made it pretty clear in an interview with Bernstein right after the trade deadline that in the past few seasons, when they were devoting most of the financial resources to the big league club, they thought the best use of their dollars was to take some shots at guys that were big risks but had big upsides. They knew most of these guys would miss, but they hoped that they would hit on one or two of them. Rather than draft the Lance Broadways and the Kyle McCulloch's of the world with what little dollars they had available, they figured they would buy a few lottery tickets instead. At least then, they might have a chance at someone with high upside, albeit slim.